What is Internet Downloader?
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Internet Downloader is a browser extension that enables you to open and download a desired item like a movie, mp3, pdf .. with an Internet Download Manager (IDM) application. In order to operate with this extension you need a native-client patch to connect your browser with native IDM application in your OS.
Internet Downloader is NOT a Youtube Downloader. Due to restrictions of the Google Webstore Policies and Developer Program Policies we can not download Youtube Videos. Thank you for understanding. Allows you to download MP4, MOV, FLV, WEBM - Files, but not streams. No Youtube Downloader.
Please read the following to get more info on how to install native-client and operate with this extension.
Note: After installing the extension, you need to connect it with native IDM application on your machine. If you do not have IDM, please head to https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/download.html and install IDM on your machine. Once you have IDM, you need to make the connection between IDM and your browser. In order to make this connection, a separate patch is provided in GitHub. Please download and install this patch from: https://github.com/adoluisa/native-client
Follow the instructions in the above GitHub page to download and install the related patch to your system. After installing, the Internet Downloader extension, your browser can communicate with IDM on your machine (Windows, Linux and Mac).
Note: Before using the extension, please open the option's page and make sure the path to IDM is correct based on your Operating System. For example, the path to IDM in Window 10 is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Download Manager\IDMan. Next, please follow the below steps to open and download desired links in IDM.
a. Right click on a download link and then click on the Internet Downloader from the context-menu.
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Internet Downloader requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Internet Downloader is very likely to contain malware and should not be trusted. Avoid installing.
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